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© Reuters. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s hasty restoration of a “damper” subsidy for oil refiners will not only cost the state budget 400 billion roubles ($4.3 billion) in subsidies this year, but also a one-off 350 billion roubles in taxes, Reuters calculations show. The outcome shows the difficulty, five months before a presidential election, of trying to finance the soaring cost of war in Ukraine while also attempting to subsidise fuel for a population and industry struggling with soaring inflation. Russia halved the “damper” in September. But refiners began exporting more, encouraged also by the weakness of the rouble, causing…
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A bipartisan pair of lower chamber lawmakers are calling on the heads of the House Appropriations Committee to consider additional funding support to first responders in border communities.Reps. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, and ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., requesting supplemental funding for first responders in communities hit hard by the southern border crisis.”As you consider potential supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, we request that any supplemental funding package include funding for critical programs to aid first responders in communities impacted by immigration,” the lawmakers…
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis likes to wear cowboy boots. Menswear experts and others have alleged DeSantis wears lifts in his boots to make him look taller. It’s become one of the foremost talking points about him at a time when he needs positive press. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. DeSantis is no stranger to playing the heel.Whether it’s unilaterally replacing two elected district attorneys in Florida, enacting and strengthening the state’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 25: US President Joe Biden at the White House in … [+] Washington D.C., United States on October 25, 2023. The Biden administration has approved over $100 billion in student loan forgiveness. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty Images Borrowers have officially resumed repayment on federal student loans after a three-year hiatus. While the Biden administration implements a number of student loan forgiveness initiatives, the Education Department is also trying to ease the transition back to repayment. But borrowers are reporting widespread problems. Those who were covered by the student loan…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Industrialist J Paul Getty quipped that when you owe the bank as much as $100mn, the loan is no longer your problem, it is the bank’s. The conundrum for the UK government and some banks is, however, quantified in billions, thanks to pandemic-era loan schemes.Lenders disbursed some £77bn of loans under emergency conditions. The British Business Bank provided new insights on Wednesday, thanks to a freedom of information request from Reuters. Some £1bn of government guarantees no longer apply. You are seeing a…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo NAIROBI (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff on Wednesday reached a preliminary agreement with Somalia that will allow for the release of $100 million in funding under a new 36-month credit programme, the fund said. The so-called staff-level agreement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) is subject to approval from the fund’s board. It is to help Somalia’s economic institutions put together policies for when it reaches the point it can achieve debt relief…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Toyota Logo is seen at a Toyota dealership in Zaventem, Belgium, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (NYSE:) said Wednesday it is raising the wages of non-union U.S. factory workers just days after the United Auto Workers union won major pay and benefit hikes from the Detroit Three automakers. The largest Japanese automaker is also cutting the amount of time needed for U.S. production workers to reach top pay from eight years to four years, according to a document published by the publication Labor Notes and confirmed by Reuters. “We value our employees and their contributions,…
© REUTERS The escalating conflict in the Middle East could have significant impacts on global commodity prices, according to the World Bank’s October 2023 Commodity Markets Outlook report. The Washington-based institution warns of potential hikes in oil and commodity prices if the Israel-Hamas conflict expands across the region. The report suggests that supply disruptions could cause a ripple effect on the global economy and exacerbate food insecurity. In a small disruption scenario, similar to the Libyan civil war in 2011, the global oil supply would decrease by 500,000 to 2 million barrels per day, leading to an initial oil price…
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